Rail-joint support.



PATENTED APR. 17

F. SBYHERS.

RAIL JOINT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT.4.1905.

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Attorneys UNITED "STATES PATENT @FFIQFL.

FRANK SEYHERS, OF LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO ROBER" H. DRISCOLL, OF LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA.

RAIL-JOINT SUPPORT Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed October 4, 1905. Serial No. 281.324.

To all whom, it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, FRANK SEYHERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lead city, in the county of Lawrence and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and useful Rail-Joint Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to supporting devices for the oints of railroad rails; and among the objects of the invention are to pro mote simplicity of construction, durability, and general efficiency in this class of devices.

With these and other ends in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and. novel arrangement and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations, and modifications within the scope of the invention may be re sorted to when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a rail-joint having a support constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated. by the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of arail-chair whichforms apart of the invention. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view of one of the rail-holding clips or plates. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation illustrating a modification. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are sectional detail views of railroad-ties equipped with different forms of saddles used in connection with the modification illustrated in Fig. 6. Figs. 10, 1 1, and 12 are detail end views of ties equipped with the forms of saddles illustrated in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, respectively.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

In connection with this invention I prefer to use ties formed of cement molded upon a metallic frame skeleton; but the construc tion of these ties is the subject of a copending application for Letters Patent, and the same is not claimed in the present application and it has been illustrated only in Fig. 1 of the drawings, where one of the ties 1 has been shown in cross-section, the same being composed of a metallic skeleton or frame 2, having a coating 3, of cement or concrete or other suitable plastic material, and provided with brace rods or wires 4.

The rail-chair or joint-support may be de scribed as consisting of an elongated plate 5, provided. in its under side with recesses 6, having steps or shoulders 7, adaptedto engage and. to ride upon the ties 1, which are provided in their upper sides with corresponding recesses 8, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The plate 5 is provided intermediate the recesses 6 with downwardly-eXtending angular reinforcements 9, which extend the entire distance between the ties and the under sides of which are inclined downwardly in the direction of points intermediate the tie-engaging recesses, so that the thickness of the reinforcement will be greatest at a point about centrally between the ties, where strength is most needed, the supporting -plate 5 being designed to rest upon two or more ties, as may be preferred. In Fig. 1 of the drawings the supportinglate occupies four ties, the interspaces between which receive the reinforcements 9, which in this case are three in number, additional smaller reinforcements 10 being provided at the ends of the plate 5 to bear against the outer sides of the outer most ties supporting the chair-plate.

The chair or rail-seat is formed about centrally upon and in registry with the central reinforcement upon the plate 5, said seat in cluding a flange 11, which is integral with the plate, and a detachable side member 12, which is provided at its lower edge with a rib 13, adapted to engage under a rib 14, formed at the opposite edge of the plate to the flange 11. The detachable member 12 is adapted to be connected with the flange 11 by means of bolts 15, extending through the webs of the rail ends 16, which latter are made to abut upon each other within the chair or seat, as will be readily understood.

The rails are preferably connected with the ties by means of slotted clip-plates 17 and 18, which are secured by means of bolts 19, connected with the ties. The outer clip-plates 18 are preferably provided with lugs 20, that extend upwardly to bear against the under sides of the rail-heads, as will be clearly seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Under the modification illustrated in Fig. 6 the supporting-plate is adapted to rest only upon two ties, and the plate, which is here designated. 21, is provided only with a central reinforcement 22, which is extended to form the chair or seat for the rail ends. The minor reinforcements (here designated 10) at the ends of the plate are designed to abut exteriorly upon the supporting-ties, as shown.

Instead of using cement or concrete ties formed with recesses to engage the railsup port, as shown in Fig. 1, it may at times be found advantageous to use ties, as 24, which may be constructed of any suitable material and which are provided with transverselydisposed saddles S to engage and retain the joint support. Different forms of these saddles have been illustrated in Figs. 7 to 12, inclusive, the several forms resembling each other in this, that each is provided with flanges, as 25, forming seats between which the plate 5 will be accommodated. The saddles, which in each case are provided with downward-extending flanges 26, may, as in Figs. 7 and 10, be embedded in the top and in the sides of the tie, or they may, as in Figs. 8 and 11, be supported upon the tops of the ties with the flanges 26 embedded in recesses 27 in the sides of the latter, or, as in Figs. 9 and 12, the flanges 26 may be supported eX- teriorly upon the sides of the ties, while the upper surfaces of the ties may be recessed for the accommodation of the upper portions of the saddles. It is preferred that the saddles S be provided with apertures for the passage of spikes (indicated at 30) for the purpose of securing said saddles upon the ties in connection with which they are used, said ties being usually and preferably constructed of wood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood. The construction is simple, and the improved jointsupport will be found especially adapted to resist strains in any direction to which it may be subjected. 7

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A rail-joint support including an elongated plate havingtie-engaging recesses, and intermediate angular reinforcements the under sides of which are inclined downwardly in the direction of points intermediate the tie-engaging recesses.

2. A rail-joint support including an elongated plate having tie-engaging recesses provided with steps or shoulders and intermediate angular reinforcements the under sides of which are inclined downwardly in the direction of points intermediate the tie-engaging recesses, in combination with ties having seats for the tie-engaging recesses. 3. A rail-joint support including an elongated plate having recesses, in combination with flanged supporting members affording seats engaging the recesses in the plate.

4. A rail-joint support including an elongated plate having shouldered recesses and intermediate reinforcements, in combination with flanged supporting members having seats for the recessed portions of the plate and forming abutments for the reinforcements.

5. A rail-joint support including an elongated plate having recesses and intermediate reinforcements, in combination with supporting members including flanged recess-engaging saddles.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afflxed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK SEYHERS.

Witnesses:

JOHN GILROY, H. H. HAUSTEIN. 

